Pure speech

Definition - Noun
: the communication of ideas through spoken or written words or through conduct limited in form to that necessary to convey the idea
compare commercial speech symbolic speech
Pure speech is accorded the highest degree of protection under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.



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confidential communication

a communication between parties to a confidential relation (as husband and wife, attorney and client, or doctor and patient) such that the recipient of the communication has a privilege exempting him or her from disclosing it as a witness


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